Laura Clery on the Cost of Infidelity, Addiction, Divorce— and Rebuilding
Descripción del Episodio
Comedian and creator Laura Clery built a media empire of 26 million followers, and then watched her marriage and her bank account collapse at the same time.
Laura opens up about the financial wreckage of her divorce: how her ex-husband's relapse and addiction affected their financial lives, how she ended up paying two mortgages at once without fully understanding why, and the surreal moment she realized her water had been shut off. She walks Nicole through the costly mistake of choosing mediation over hiring a lawyer, why she couldn't afford the retainer when she finally needed one, and the moment her ex hacked her YouTube and Facebook accounts, deleting years of content and her entire livelihood in the process.
Nicole and Laura also get into the bigger financial lessons: why Laura now insists every woman keep her own separate bank account, how watching her mother stay in a difficult marriage without financial independence shaped her own choices, and how she rebuilt. But first, Laura shares about the freak accident that almost killed her.
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Here's what Nicole covers with Laura:
00:00 Are You Ready for Some Money Rehab?
02:03 The Freak Refrigerator Accident
12:24 The Inside Job Conspiracy
14:35 Writing What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Hotter
16:12 Early Money Dynamics With Her Ex
18:31 Booking TV Commercials
21:52 Becoming Facebook's Biggest Comedy Star
23:45 Who Really Controlled the Money
25:01 The First Relapse and Years in Recovery
27:00 Catching the Infidelity
29:53 When It All Went Public
32:00 "You're Not a Victim, You're a Volunteer"
37:08 No Prenup and Two Mortgages
39:53 The Day Her Water Got Shut Off
42:27 Choosing Mediation Over a Lawyer
47:00 The Hack51:14 Post-Separation Abuse
54:47 Why She'll Never Live With a Man Again
58:37 Her Parents' Marriage and the Cost of Staying
1:01:01 Why Every Woman Needs Her Own Bank Account
1:01:51 "Mommy Has Money Again"
1:02:39 Money Fixes Money Problems, Not Everything Else
1:05:54 Reframing the Mental Block
1:09:41 Laura Clery's Tip You Can Take Straight to the Bank
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